Association of childhood blood lead levels with cognitive function and socioeconomic status at age 38 years and with IQ change and socioeconomic mobility between childhood and adulthood

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 317, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 1244-1251

  Reuben, Aaron ^a   Caspi, Avshalom ^a,b,c   Belsky, Daniel W ^a,b   Broadbent, Jonathan ^d   Harrington, Honalee ^a   Sugden, Karen ^a   Houts, Renate M ^a   Ramrakha, Sandhya ^e   Poulton, Richie ^e   Moffitt, Terrie E ^a,b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPREHENSION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PERCEPTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; WECHSLER ADULT INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WORKING MEMORY; AGE; BLOOD; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LEAD; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEW ZEALAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL MOBILITY;

EID: 85016626967     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2017.1712     Document Type: Article

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